But Liu Shuo was empty, and he realized that he didn't even wear armor on his body, could it be that he had been captured? But then he found himself lying down, and the sergeants around him were all wearing blue armor - this is the uniform color of the Jiannan army.

Liu Shuo stood up, but the pain from his waist made him involuntarily let out a **, which attracted many eyes, one of which was very familiar to him, and this gaze belonged to Li Moran, the Duke of Weiguo.

Liu Shuo just wanted to salute, when he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves, and a scout hurried over, turned over and dismounted ten zhang away, galloped to the front, knelt down on one knee in front of Li Moran and said: "Qi Wei Guogong!" The major general sent a small one to report that the big cadre army had begun to move south along the Jinsha River in two ways. On this side of the river were the infantry and archers led by Zhu Yi, the general of the Yulin Guard. ”

Li Moran didn't smile, but Liu Shuo clearly saw his joyful expression, and such a look was clearly written on his face at this moment. "There are only more than 100,000 horses in total, and they dare to divide the army into two ways?" He said in a slightly mocking tone, "Excellent. You go back and tell the major general that he should retreat immediately, and that he is not allowed to engage the Great Cadre Army until the main force of our army arrives. At the same time, cavalry was sent to harass the enemy's flanks and try to lure them south. ”

"Order!" The scout turned and rode away.

"This place is easy to defend and difficult to attack!" Li Moran's younger brother Li Molin said to his brother, "If the big cadre army goes south, I think it is better to wait for work and fight head-on here." ”

"After seeing our troops, Zhu Yi may lose his courage and retreat directly." Li Moran shook his head and said, "And the sooner we defeat Zhu Yi, the sooner we can get rid of the restraint and pull out our hands." Together with Dingguo Gong, they worked together to deal with the enemy on the east bank of the Wujiang River. The order is to go down, the whole army is assembled, and I will immediately march to a decisive battle with Zhu Yi. ”

"Yes!" Li Molin agreed loudly.

"Uncle!" Liu Shuo took advantage of this moment and hurriedly said, "Don't underestimate Li Guanqi!" He was young, but he was cunning. Cunning as a fox......"

Li Moran smiled and said, "No matter how cunning a fox is, he's afraid of a good hunter!" And this fox is now on the other side of the river! ”

Li Guanqi rode at the front of the procession, and the yellow dragon flag, a symbol of imperial power, fluttered in the wind above his head. Xie Chen led a hundred cavalry guards to the front to carry out reconnaissance missions first. The black-clad and black-armored cavalry guards spread out and followed behind them, moving slowly like a forest of halberds, banners, horses, and spears.

The news of the scout's return was a mixed blessing for Li Guanqi. Happily, Li Moran was really fooled, and personally led the army eastward to try to have a decisive battle with the troops led by Zhu Yi, and Zhu Yi implemented the guerrilla strategy of "the enemy advances and I retreat, and the enemy retreats and disturbs me" formulated by himself, and uses the terrain to keep detours. never fought a decisive battle with the main force of the rebels, which successfully angered Li Moran. After more than ten days of hard work, Li Moran's army has been mobilized, and if his cavalry troops can detour back behind the enemy at this time, they will definitely be able to make a successful surprise attack.

Li Guanqi divided his troops into two ways, and the cavalry and infantry lived on both sides of the Jinsha River, and successfully deceived everyone, and everyone thought that he was going to deal with Li Moran and Chen Guangxi separately. In fact, what he was thinking about from the beginning was how to eat Li Moran first. How is the combat strength of Chen Guangxi's Shannan Army. When Li Guanqi was on his western tour, he had already seen it with his own eyes. Although the Shannan rebels have an absolute advantage in numbers, they believe that with Cao Shixun's bravery and Wujiang natural danger, in a short period of time, Chen Guangxi can only look at the river and sigh.

Li Moran's Jiannan Army is different, this is a border army. Although the combat power is not as good as the twelve guards of the Beijing Division, it must not be underestimated, if Chen Guangxi is just a paper tiger, then Li Moran is a real lion. Only by defeating this lion first can we win this war.

Li Guanqi's original idea was. Taking advantage of the speed advantage of the cavalry troops, they first crossed the river at Lingyun, the only ferry on the Jinsha River, and then went straight to Li Moran's flank and rear to carry out a surprise attack. Lingyundu has 3,000 defenders, and the guard general is called Zhao Pengju, who is Li Moran's subordinate, but he is also a distant relative of Empress He Bijun, and he is an object that can be fought for.

But the information sent back by the scouts was that Zhao Pengju, the defender of Lingyundu, had regrouped for battle.

"He must be planning to join us." He Bijun drove his horse to catch up with Li Guanqi and said.

"Really?" Li Guanqi frowned and asked, "This is a war, you can't have the slightest luck, if he plans to join us, why is our army less than fifty miles away from Lingyundu, and he doesn't come to greet him, but instead reunites for battle?" ”

"But he's my cousin! He hugged me when I was a kid! He Bijun said with some annoyance.

"Bijun, you need to know!" Li Guanqi took a breath and said, "Human nature is complex, and in the face of war, personal feelings often seem extremely fragile. Zhao Pengju is your relative, my courtier, and Li Moran's subordinate......"

"Your Majesty thinks that Zhao Pengju intends to be loyal to the thief Li Moran?" Admiral Wei Bijiang said in a heavy tone beside him, "But there are only 3,000 people in Lingyundu, and it is impossible to stop our army!" ”

Li Guanqi sighed: "What Zhao Pengju's plans are, I'm afraid only he knows." However, such a good opportunity to benefit himself, Zhao Pengju should not let it go so easily. ”

"We must get Lingyundu's support." He Bijun's tone was a little rushed, "You also know that there is nowhere else to cross the river." ”

Li Guanqi smiled and said, "You know, I also know, Zhao Pengju himself knows this better." ”

When it was dark, the cavalry troops led by Li Guanqi came to a place ten miles away from Lingyundu and set up camp.

Xie Chen also turned back and personally reported the information brought by the scouts, "General Zhu has a letter from there, they had an encounter with the cavalry led by Li Moran's son Li Shixiang this morning. Fortunately, General Zhu reacted in time, and although the two sides suffered damage to each other, they quickly broke away from the battle. ”

Li Guanqi nodded and said: "Zhu Yi is still relatively clever, with him on the other side of the river, I am also down-to-earth." My concern now is whether anyone finds out where we are. ”

Xie Chen said with a smile: "Chen Guangxi's main energy is on how to force the Wujiang River defense line, and he has no mind or consciousness to think about anything else, but Li Moran is more careful, scouting and riding around, looking for Zhu Yi's main force and the movements of our army everywhere, but he shouldn't have thought that we would cross the river at Lingyun." (To be continued......)